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Frank Butler (writer)
Arthur Caesar (screenplay)
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25 August 1939 (USA) more
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This is a film about the life of Gus Edwards, a well known vaudeville composer, entertainer, and producer. | add synopsis
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The real story more (3 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Bing Crosby | ... | Larry Earl |
 | Linda Ware | ... | Jane Gray |
| Louise Campbell | ... | Mary |
| Ned Sparks | ... | Speed King |
| Laura Hope Crews | ... | Carlotta Salvini |
| Walter Damrosch | ... | Himself |
| Janet Waldo | ... | Stella |
| Thurston Hall | ... | Mr. Proctor |
| Billy Gilbert | ... | Steel Worker |
| Clara Blandick | ... | Miss Esther Jones |
| Oscar O'Shea | ... | Mr. Flannigan |
| John Gallaudet | ... | Duke |
| Ben Welden | ... | Joe Gimlick |
| Emory Parnell | ... | Mr. Olson |
| Dorothy Vaughan | ... | Mrs. Riley |
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94 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
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One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. more
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Valse des Fleurs more
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I would suggest that anyone interested in the story of the Star Maker, read the following book:
Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams - The Early Years 1903 - 1940 by Gary Giddins
It explains why the Star Maker which WAS supposed to be about the life and career of Gus Edwards, turned into a movie that was only suggested by the life of my GREAT UNCLE! Naturally I am a bit prejudiced, but I feel that this man was such a unique entertainment personality, that for Bing Crosby to use a different name in the movie, that is Larry Earl, rather than Gus Edwards, was truly a disgrace.
He could write songs, he could sing, he could act, he could produce. And could he ever find talent........... the greatest entertainment talent this country has ever known: Cantor, Jessel, Bolger, Hildegarde, Phil Silvers, Eleanor Powell, Georgie Price, Lila Lee....................
Perhaps a better appreciation of his abilities and achievements can be seen in the MGM classic with its all-star cast, "The Hollywood Review of 1929", for which he wrote most of the score and actually appeared in the movie several times, a movie nominated for Best Picture, no less.
Gus Edwards truly did it all, and yet the one movie about him did not tell the true story. Maybe a re-make is in order.
Evan, his great nephew, NYC 10/15/07